Sep 12 Study Shows Insulin Spray Boosts Memory in Alzheimer’s Patients Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. What if you could prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease just by giving patients nasal spray containing insulin, just once or twice a day after a meal? Researchers have been exploring that possibility for some… Continue reading
Sep 12 Testosterone Plummets When Men Become Fathers, Study Finds Photos courtesy of Flickr users jugbo and debmomof3 Diaper bags and strollers may do more to change new dads than they think. A new study from researchers at Northwestern University shows that testosterone levels take a dramatic… Continue reading
Sep 11 The Complexity of 2,982 Names on the September 11 Memorial EmbedVideo(1467, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan talked with Jer Thorp and Jake Barton about the data and design involved in arranging the 2,982 victims names on the Sept. 11 memorial at Ground Zero. John Katsimatides, a 31-year-old corporate bonds… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch The Complexity of 2,982 Names Jer Thorp and Jake Barton about the difficulty of arranging the Sept. 11 victims names. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch ‘An Interpretation of Dreams’ and Freud’s Cocaine Nightmare 'An Interpretation of Dreams' and Freud's Cocaine Nightmare… Continue watching
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Sep 07 Watch Supernova Burns Bright in a Galaxy Not So Far Away Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists recently discovered a supernova about 21 million light years away in the Pinwheel Galaxy. Jeffrey Brown and Peter Nugent, who found the brightest and closest supernova in decades, discuss how the dying star could prove… Continue watching
Sep 07 New Photos Show Tracks from Apollo Landings Decades Ago The twists and turns of the last tracks left by humans on the moon mark the moon's surface in this image of the Apollo 17 site. Photo by NASA/Goddard/ASU. New images show the sharpest pictures yet of… Continue reading
Sep 07 Texans Displaced by Raging Fires Two Texas National Guard CH-46 Blackhawks fly over the flames to dump their water near Bastrop, Texas, Sept. 6, 2011. Photo via Flickr user The National Guard. GALVESTON, Texas - Flames tore through more than 550 homes near… Continue reading